Explosive Devices Reportedly Found In Car, Possibly Home Of Suspected Trump Shooter

Multiple explosive devices were found during a search of the suspected gunman’s home and vehicle after Saturday’s attempt on Donald Trump’s life, according to The New York Times.

The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the suspected shooter early Sunday morning.

The Times reports that agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives searched Crooks’ home Sunday with prosecutors from three U.S. attorneys offices in Pennsylvania.

Two explosive devices were said to have been found in Crooks’ car, and authorities suspect a third may have been found at his home, the Times reports.

Crooks was killed by Secret Service agents after firing at the former president from the top of a building outside Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to authorities.

Law enforcement who spoke to the Washington Post said an AR-style rifle was was found near the shooter, who was about 500 feet from Trump’s podium at the event.

Federal authorities are working to determine how Crooks was able to get close enough to the rally to be within range of shooting the former president.

Speculation that Crooks had previously military experience was dispelled by U.S. service records on Sunday.

Authorities are investigating Crooks’ motive.

Trump addressed the shooting in a statement on his social media platform, Truth Social, after reportedly being released from the hospital.

The Republican presidential candidate said he “was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear” after hearing “a whizzing sound,” along with gunfire.

Trump said he “immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin” and that “much bleeding took place.”